Other News Releases Related to Case 16-TCD-319

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Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 52-year-old woman this morning in Scarborough.

Preliminary information suggests the following:

At approximately 4 a.m. on Wednesday, December 21, 2016, officers with the Toronto Police Service responded to a call for service at an apartment building located at 40 Gordonridge Place.

Officers attended an apartment unit on the 10th floor.

A short time later, a woman fell from the 10th floor balcony to the ground below.

She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Five investigators and two forensic investigators have been assigned to investigate this incident.

The SIU is urging anyone who may have information about this investigation to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529.

The SIU is an arm’s length agency that investigates reports involving police where there has been death, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault. Under the Police Services Act, the Director of the SIU must

consider whether an officer has committed a criminal offence in connection with the incident under investigation

depending on the evidence, lay a criminal charge against the officer if appropriate or close the file without any charges being laid